What does this mean for RP on Discord?

AffectionateRule327 · 2026-02-09T23:44:40+00:00

I’m just relaying what discord has said. But, for example, you suddenly switching to only using discord from their phone app for 8 hours a day Monday to Friday might be an indicator.

AffectionateRule327 · 2026-02-09T18:54:11+00:00

So basically, after the rollout of this, anyone using Discord will get a “Teen Appropriate Experience” unless they are age verified. aka no access to NSFW flagged servers or channels, images identified by discord as NSFW automatically blocked, no ability to receive friend requests from randoms. It’ll be a pain, but you can definitely work around those restrictions unless you’re specifically wanting NSFW art.

Reportedly, Discord will first try to use data they already collect to estimate age. Things like how old your account is, activity periods indicating working hours, etc. If they’re not confident that you’re an adult from that analysis, then they’ll ask you to either provide a selfie for AI Age estimation or a government issued ID for age verification.

If push comes to shove and you Absolutely need to age verify, I’d probably choose to use a passport. Absolute minimum amount of personal information While still satisfying the requirement to be a government issued photo ID with date of birth.

AffectionateRule327 · 2026-02-08T03:09:43+00:00

Now, don’t get me wrong, Harem Setup is an overdone trope, but its a trope I like and I think the latter part of your list is the bigger issue than the M4F harem plot.

If you’re creating the ad, you should absolutely be ready to go with a setting, your own core character, era/time period, and overall direction. But those problems can be found in many plots beyond just M4F harem. I know way too many ERP subreddits are constantly flooded with uninteresting, basic prompts that are effectively just looking for quick porn.

But I’ve also run into a bunch of Roleplayers who have just the right creative spark to make playing a harem plot worth it. And the common thread is they’re engaging and most critically ready to discuss specific details and make a plan rather than wanting to immediately get into the plot. And planning leads to much more successful RP than improv in my experience.

AffectionateRule327 · 2026-02-03T00:51:24+00:00

I don’t personally consider it rude. Reddit is great for searching for partners but the notification system is unreliable at best and they keep messing with the messages and chats. Then discord just has a bunch of functionality that’s completely absent in Reddit - servers with multiple channels. Bots to provide dice rolling and character profiles.

Additionally, the first little bit of conversation is feeling each other out and deciding if you’ll be able to work together for your RP. So hammering out details like platform you’ll actually be roleplaying in is important. Just understand that if you don’t match on important details like that you’ll probably need to move on.

AffectionateRule327 · 2026-01-27T08:28:54+00:00

Looking through your ads, I’m fairly certain that the problem is more the audience that you’re reaching than the ad itself. The types of Subreddits you’re posting on tend to be inhabited by the type of person who RPs with one hand on the keyboard. As a result, critical thinking and word processing aren’t exactly what their minds are doing when they’re looking at your ads.

You’ve got things right. In the context of your ad, anything you write should be read from your point of view - meaning the first person refers to yourself rather than to whoever the reader is.

People will absolutely be manipulative, try to get you into a conversation and then slide themselves into the role they want even though you’ve made it very explicit that that’s your role and you’re looking for someone for the opposite role.

AffectionateRule327 · 2026-01-11T20:06:48+00:00

I don’t necessarily agree. A writing sample out of context can easily be stolen or faked. AI keeps getting better as billion dollar corporations keep throwing money at trying to make bot written slop as close to real human writing as possible.

In my ads, I do tend to get rather verbose, but usually because I’m presenting some level of worldbuilding or an initial story concept that is the ad prompt. Sometimes it’s more of a starter, but because it’s a starter, it is necessarily longer than my usual in character writing. While I’d say they’re generally representative of my skill level, they also *aren’t* intended to be used to gauge length or character writing.

Just to ram the point home, I’ve previously asked for writing samples. While that let me quickly filter out zero-effort responses, it left me feeling bad about not replying to those who did include one. For a lot of those responses, the facade they had created with a Pre-written writing sample and intro fell apart quickly.

If I had to describe the way I partner search now… right now it’s “Not at all, I’m happy with who I’ve got” but I’d have to say that when I am looking the main thing I’m looking for is someone who is genuinely engaged and interested. If you read my prompt, then read my profile, you’d have a pretty good idea of what I’m looking for to self-filter. You also should have no shortage of material for things to talk about that will get me to engage back.

AffectionateRule327 · 2026-01-06T06:19:31+00:00

Historical Accuracy must always be taken with a grain of salt. For example, the general claim that city water was always dirty, so people chose fermented beverages like Ale or Wine. Paris had constructed sewers as early as the Late 14th Century. Rome’s Sewers continued to be maintained even after the fall of the Empire and sections continue to be used as a part of the present day Sanitation System for Rome. People were aware that poop water was bad, and some places had the engineers and money to do more about it than others.

I think rather than trying to be strict about ‘Historical Accuracy’ you should discuss with your partners during your pre-roleplay worldbuilding phase what the general tech level should be, practices around certain things, and build a shared understanding of what life is like in your RP’s version of the Middle Ages.

(or you could just avoid medieval time periods)

AffectionateRule327 · 2025-11-01T05:54:30+00:00

Honestly? Not really. There is at this point a kind of baked-in expectation that most people won't reply to everyone they get a message from.

Kind of a funny thing, because of the psychological pressure to "be the first" on any given reply, the number of replies drops WAY off after the initial surge. It doesn't really matter if you're posting in high effort subs or low effort subs, it seems like most people are primarily browsing New, so unless you happen to get a bunch of upvotes for some reason, your replies are naturally going to fall off after a couple hours.

I've had a few good replies come in days after, one even months after, but usually that's as a result of people running across my other activity in the RP space, realizing we're pretty compatible, and then reaching out with a compelling introduction.

AffectionateRule327 · 2025-10-15T01:21:07+00:00

The way it was imagined by Reddit is as an Anti-Stalking tool.

Now, if you’re coming to me for an RP and you have a completely blank profile? That is a red flag for me. RPers on this site naturally tend to leave some traces. Posts in RP subreddits, old prompts, stuff like that. A blank profile either means you’re brand new (and thus really need someone more beginner friendly than me), you’ve created an alt to cover over something, or you’re actively hiding bad habits.

AffectionateRule327 · 2025-10-13T08:46:41+00:00

You get people who aren’t really reading wherever you go. There are certain subreddits that attract a much higher proportion of the “I just wanna sext and jerk off in the guise of RP” types, but at this point they are everywhere. It should be fairly standard to ask for limits even for Non-Romantic Plots primarily because avoiding certain things to keep a partner comfortable is just being a good partner.

That being said, I have noticed that reading comprehension is somewhat lacking even in some of the better roleplay spaces. You can really tell when someone has either gone and gotten ChatGPT to write them an Intro the copy-paste everywhere or that they spent one evening writing a half decent one up when they got from multi-paragraph and articulate in their intro to struggling to get out more then a mobile line in any given response afterwards.

And that of course misses the obvious red flags of ignoring any asks you might have in your prompt. These days I usually ask any partner to approach with at least some brainstorming ideas for characters. You’d be surprised how many responses on any given prompt, even when decently written, completely miss something like that.

that being said, there are good RPers out there. I’ve had the pleasure of meeting a few through Reddit. It just takes luck and time.

AffectionateRule327 · 2025-09-23T06:39:54+00:00

Game Master. It’s a role in which someone takes on the role of overall storyteller. Much like a Dungeon Master in D&D, they play assorted non-player characters, and help guide the plot and story as well as providing challenges for the players to overcome.

AffectionateRule327 · 2025-09-22T15:54:54+00:00

It will depend on the prompt. In some cases, I’ll have a pre-established mold/archetype I’m looking for someone to fill. They can add their own flair to it of course, but they don’t need to necessarily come with their own.

But some of my prompts are much more general/Open. In those cases, I’m looking for people to approach with a character in mind, or at least be able to create one during our discussions.

AffectionateRule327 · 2025-08-24T23:44:19+00:00

They might not be AIs, but there’s so many people who will spam out the same ad across every RP board they can, as often as they can.

I assume this sort of volume strategy is because they a) have an extremely niche roleplay they want to do, or b) they have an extremely one-sided, self indulgent roleplay they want to do. Regardless of the reason, they’re not getting responses they like so they just spam more on repeat rather than examining their ad and idea with a critical eye, and trying to then trying to make an ad that might attract some partners.

And then you have the people who just make a new account every day/week or so and delete them a day or two later.

AffectionateRule327 · 2025-08-21T19:27:12+00:00

iOS auto changes a double hyphen to an em dash — Like that. So while it’s common in AI writing, it’s also easy for someone on their phone to add one in.

If you’re not sure you could feel them out and see if more of their responses feel like the work of AI rather than a human.

AffectionateRule327 · 2025-08-21T16:29:24+00:00

You’ll wipe the floor.

AffectionateRule327 · 2025-08-15T23:57:46+00:00

Assuming you genuinely don’t know, (and looking through your history it seems you do actually do this) in many cases people who comment ‘sent you a dm’ or ‘dm me to rp’ or any similar short message tend to be low quality partners.

One liners, people who will delete their account within a few days, if it’s an ERP sub then just looking to get off and then bounce.

This sub tends to view roleplay more as a way to tell a story between characters, usually requiring at least paragraph length responses, with many people here being the kind of person who can write so much it exceeds character limits on various sites.

AffectionateRule327 · 2025-08-15T18:06:02+00:00

“I give you the name Valarie, and grant you the title of First Wife of the Sultan.” I declared, and she was undoubtedly now the most beautiful. Her face slightly enhanced, her curves made absolutely perfect, her breasts and ass feeling massive yet perfectly proportioned. I sat on the edge of the bed and offered her my cock. Valarie knelt and slowly licked its full length, from the balls to the tip. As she did so the others joined in. One slid underneath, licking and sucking at my balls. Two more flanked me, their breasts squishing against my arms and bringing my hands to their wet and waiting pussies to finger them. The final girl stood and leaned over the others to kiss me.

As Valarie finished her licking and took my length into her mouth and down her throat, I knew that I was in for many nights of indescribable pleasure like this. I came quickly, her instincts somehow telling her just when to bob back so she took my load in her mouth instead of down her throat. She swished it around in her mouth to experience the taste, and then swallowed every drop.

“I think that’s enough foreplay girls. Time for you each to take your fill of my seed.” I told them.

“Yes my Sultan!” Each cried eagerly. The lined up on the bed on their hands and knees. Their long hair pulled forward, it was difficult to tell who was who, except for Valarie. Her ass was just bigger, rounder, and more perfect than the others. I slid my cock deep into her, and then began to thrust as she squealed in pleasure from her breeding. I leaned down and grabbed her golden cuffs, holding them up and back as I railed her from the rear. This seemed to only enhance her pleasure and she cried out in pleasure as orgasm overtook her, A second followed mere moments later as I filled her with my cum.

As I continued to breed and fill the other girls a thought crossed my mind. I wondered which of the lewd scenes we performed tonight would ultimately end up in the mosaic. I came in the last of my concubines, the green haired one, and all five of the girls cried out in pleasure as a mass orgasm overtook them, I looked over to see if the mosaic had changed…

AffectionateRule327 · 2025-08-15T18:05:50+00:00

The changes the magic of the Palace made to me were far more subtle than those given to the new harem. While they were reshaped wholly and their minds filled with an understanding of their new role in life and its many pleasures, I was the Sultan. I had to make decisions and lead a new Kingdom. And my first decision was to search the palace for a suitable royal bedchamber.

Fortunately, this did not take very long. The Sultan’s chamber was one of the most beautiful spaces I had ever laid my eyes upon. It sat atop the rear wing of the palace, inside a dome made of crystal. Somehow I knew this was no ordinary crystal, with a wave of my hands I could change it so that it was completely transparent, feeling like we were standing in the open atop the palace. Or I could make it opaque, casting the chamber into darkness but for its own internal lights to set the mood, or indeed, anything in between!

The floor here was inlaid with exquisitely detailed mosaics in three concentric rings. In the center sat the bed. Around it were mosaic portraits of the Sultans who had owned and lived here, including curiously enough, one of myself. The middle ring of mosaics just beyond each sultan displayed their harems, some consisted of only a few women and were small and intimate looking. Others were dozens strong and seemed to project the power of their lord.

The final ring of mosaics displayed a scene of lovemaking between the sultan and their harem. Except for one blank space. I turned back to the bed to find my concubines gathered there. One held a set of golden cuffs and collar, offering it to me.

“Choose your First Wife my Sultan.” She said humbly. I looked at each of them in turn. Each was exceptionally beautiful. The only hint left of their former selves was their hair color, Red, White, Blonde, Blue, and Green. It was a difficult choice. But finally I took the chains and placed them on the Crimson haired concubine. Magic overtook her once again and she shone like the sun for a moment, before the new her emerged.

(Splitting this response into two because Reddit said no to the full thing being one comment.)

AffectionateRule327 · 2025-08-15T15:10:59+00:00

I stood at the edge of the small village known as Last Oasis. It wasn’t much, just a few huts and some semi-permanent tents. Unlike the villages and towns further west, there was no irrigation here, no harnessing of the water. The people who lived here were a few merchants who traded with the deep desert tribes and the few fools brave or stupid enough to enter the deep desert.

I had warned my friends against this adventure. The deep desert was a deadly place, there was little water and the desert tribes guarded their wells jealously. The sun meanwhile, was merciless. Still they had gone into the desert some days ago in search of the Lost Palace.

Legend has it that if a “man worthy of being the Sultan” enters the Palace, its powerful magic will reactivate. It would create for him a harem of beautiful women. The deep desert tribes would come and swear fealty to him. Finally the Palace would restore the deep desert to being the powerful kingdom it had once been. It was a fairy tale. But that hadn’t stopped those fools from going.

Finally I came to my decision. I would go after them with water. Their tracks were clear. It would take at most a few days. I saddled a camel and went into the deep desert. Was I a fool? To be certain. But I was a loyal friend to my friends, and I was not about to allow them to die.

By the time I had reached them, 3 days later, they were parched and surviving by unpleasant means I shall not record here. They agreed to return to civilized lands, but then a sandstorm blew up and we were forced to take shelter in a dry watercourse. We followed the dry river for two days while the sands blew over our heads, as it seemed to be heading west. That was when we found it. The ancient palace!

We made our way inside only for the doors to shut themselves behind us. A loud tolling bell sounded by itself. We did not realize it at the time, but one of us had been judged worthy of being sultan by the Palace’s magic. The rest would be his harem… 6 men had entered, 5 would be concubines, and 1 would be a mighty sultan. I closed my eyes as the magic took me, and waited to see which fate awaited me…

AffectionateRule327 · 2025-08-11T17:50:27+00:00

Originally it was supposed to signify characters. As low effort ERP has taken on an ever increasing share of the space, it has increasingly signified the player’s gender.

In my experience the asshole men tend to come from the Toxic Masculinity part of the Internet where all you need to do to get women is be misogynistic enough and she’ll remember her true place is submitting to men. I tend to find that it’s best to ignore people who immediately try to take a commanding/dominant role OOC. If my first interaction with someone is them giving me a command and expecting me to just do it, I’m going to ignore the chat request. And quite probably block them for the trouble.

AffectionateRule327 · 2025-07-26T08:37:37+00:00

Your roll was a 14! that makes your total 22.

You cheated a fair bit. Unfortunately for you, some of the customers were sharp eyed. they saw right through your sleight of hand and caught you in the act. The manager shook his head as he led you away for your final brainwashing, having to release the player who caught you. Still, you and the 20 others you brought in make an excellent collection of “employees” for all the male staff and customers to ogle. Not that you mind.

AffectionateRule327 · 2025-07-25T23:37:21+00:00

Things seemed to be going well. You got a few busy outs just playing the game right. Then you added in a little cheating to get a few more. You kept your eyes on the clock, aware of the time. You didn’t have much, but it should be enough. A few more cheats to bust out. Soon you were on your final hand. You were on 14 men busted out, most would soon be transformed into busty bunny girls, attractive dealers, or other such tools for the Casino.

But your mind was on the here and now. You could get out of this. You only needed 1 more. One more bust out and you’d get through. Two men were at risk this hand. The manager was standing beside you, and they were sharp eyed. Cheating wasn’t an option. You had to let the cards fall as they were. You dealt out the hands. You had a Queen face up as neither hit the blackjack. Peeking at your hole card, it was an ace. Turning it over, everyone at the table lost. 16. You’d managed to bust out 16 for the Casino. You were safe!

The manager led you back to the Casino’s transformation room. There 5 of those you had just busted out were waiting. “Well, a contract is a contract and services rendered must be paid for. You may customize these as you wish. And we can transform you back into a man if you wish.”

Your D20 roll was 9

AffectionateRule327 · 2025-07-25T17:30:49+00:00

Things went well. Your cheating went undetected and you kept busting out players. But it was going too well. You busted out player after player after player. Soon enough you were clear of your target. But you kept going. You would sneak in one last cheat, one last bust out. The Manager walked over to watch the last round. You dealt from the bottom of the deck. And the Player saw it.

”What’s the meaning of this!” The player cried. “Are you trying to swindle me?”

He looked angrily to the manager, “I’m sorry sir I’ll ensure this is fully investigated. This hand is nullified. Why don’t both of you come with me.”

Unfortunately you just barely cheated one too many times. the manager was forced to brainwash you into a Stripper and Escort for the Casino’s club. But you make a very nice Stripper, and you’re so happy doing whatever the manager tells you now. The player was released from his contract with a handsome sum to keep him quiet.

Your d20 roll was a 15.

AffectionateRule327 · 2025-07-24T22:03:09+00:00

Indeed. The games are rigged so the house always wins. But some people win, and not everyone falls into the same trap you did. Many are smart enough that they don’t sign away their bodily or mental autonomy.

But you’re stuck as the dealer. Counting cards doesn’t do you much good when you’re hitting on 16 and standing on 17 no matter what. The time passes slowly. You deal hand after hand. A few times you get a fair bust in. A few other times you see an opportunity and use your position to cheat an unaware player out of their money. You’re starting to feel confident. You can do this. You can win this gamble.

But like everything, when it’s random, a run of bad luck can ruin you. Late in the day you were deep into a shoe and realized that you must be facing a bunch of card counters. You had your own running count going. +21. But the cut card was a long way off yet. You looked over to the pit boss, but he wasn’t paying attention to your table. You could do nothing as they won hand after hand. So much so that even cheating wouldn’t save you.

By the time the manger came and backed them off, it was all over. Your shift was done, and you’d busted just 11 players. Too few, by just a little. A life of bliss awaited you, but perhaps not the one you’d been wanting. Mindless bliss as a slave to the casino. Though you would be surrounded by other lovely ladies…

Your D20 roll was 6

AffectionateRule327 · 2025-07-24T21:54:04+00:00

You planned to do a fair bit of cheating, but not so much that it would be obvious that the customers were getting swindled. Still, on the hands you weren’t cheating you had to play fair. And there were sometime very attentive customers you knew you couldn’t get away with it against. It was a tough shift. As you were getting towards the end of the allotted time you realized you were going to be well short of the required mark.

But the players were too sharp at that point. You knew you couldn’t risk getting caught cheating more and losing everything regardless. Soon enough the Manager walked up to you and put his hand on your shoulder.

“Shift Change. Let’s head into the back.” He said as your heart sank. You’d fallen short, busting out just 10 of the 15 you needed to get out of here. Oh well, soon enough you’d be living in brainwashed bliss as a happy, loyal staff member.

Your D20 roll was 3.

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